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UL SYSTEM PRESENTATIONUNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE
RAMESH KOLLURUAUGUST 22, 2014
OUR STORY: IN NUMBERS & WORDS
NSF R&D Expenditures: Rank 170 • U. of Alabama: #204; Tulane: #110; FAU: #180
Carnegie Designation• Clemson, Auburn and Baylor
“We are Committed to Research for a Reason”• Strong culture of applying research to solving society’s complex problems;
• Research is a Strategic Imperative (Strategic Plan: 2009-14)• Supporting the research portfolio of our community of scholars • Preparing our students to thrive as global citizens • Creating an institution our stakeholders will highly regard • Fostering economic and community development
+ University of Louisiana a t L a f a y e t t eResearch Excellence
“Research University with High Research Activity,” Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
In 2012, the University established the Nation’s ONLY Big Data Center: the NSF Center for Visual and Decision Informatics (CVDI). Louisiana’s 1st NSF Center in history
UL Lafayette is No. 10 in the US for university percentage of R&D expenditures funded by business.
+ University of Louisiana a t L a f a y e t t e
Research Areas
Public-Private Partnerships
Big Pharma
I/U CRC
CLECO
Gov. Tom Ridge
5 Key Priority Areas
Life Sciences
Digital Media and Computing
Energy incl. Clean Energy
Coastal and Water Management
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
LIFE SCIENCES, HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS Regional Medical “Hub City”
Competiveness: Collaboration of UL with the Lafayette Healthcare Coalition Living Lab for Health Innovation for the US
R&D venues, labs and support: New Iberia Research Center: Vaccinations for Mumps, Measles,
Chicken Pox, Ebola, Aids and Hepatitis , HIV, Cancer CBIT-DHH Strategic Partnership: $15M contract CACS/CMPS, Picard Center
Education: CACS/Computer Science Curriculum UL Nursing Curriculum
Success Stories: CajunCodeFest (6 startups); Living Lab Apex Innovations; LaHaye Center
“Lafayette is THE place to be in the US, if you are an Innovator in Healthcare” - Bryan Sivak, CTO, US Health and Human Services
Strong legacy of computing – Nation’s 1st ACM Student Chapter & 1st BS degree in CS in 1962
R&D Venues, Labs and Support: School of Computing & Informatics: CACS/CMPS CBIT–Applied Research, Software Development NSF CVDI (nation’s only Big Data NSF Center of Excellence)
- Louisiana’s first-ever NSF Research Center in history
Telecommunications: LUS Fiber, Cox, AT&T, LONI US Ignite Community
Education: Computer Science Moving Image Arts Curricula
Incubation and Location Incentives: AcceleRagin Opportunity Machine; Research Park
Success Stories: 4 NSF Career Awardees in CACS; Pixel Magic to South Gent Studios
World’s largest Ad Competition: American Advertising Federation
Produced over 30 films & Award-winning documentaries;
COMPUTING, DIGITAL MEDIA & SOFTWARE
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY Wildcatter mentality – the Original Hub City; Central location between offshore
and Haynesville
Academic, R&D Assets: Petroleum Engineering & Geology
70 students to 350 undergrad students (2005-2012) Imperial Barrel Award includes schools from the US, Middle
East, Africa, Asia, Canada, and Latin America. Energy Institute: Torrefaction Research Laboratory (one of only 2
university-based facilities in the US); Marine Survival Training Center (MSTC)
Research Capabilities: Ultra-Deepwater Oil Unconventional gas Enhanced oil recovery
Success Stories: CLECO-UL Research Facility Marine Survival Training Center R3 Inc; BeauSoleil Project/The Event House
COASTAL & WATER MANAGEMENT America’s Energy Corridor
Research Strengths: Institute for Coastal Ecology and Engineering (ICEE) Ecology Center Center for Louisiana Inland Water Studies (CLIWS) USGS National Wetland Research Center NIMSAT Institute – Risk Assessment
Educational Curricula: Lafayette Middle School Environmental Sciences Environmental, coastal, engineering, ecological & biology
Success Stories: Fenstermaker and Associates TS Baker ATC & Associates C&C Technologies Fugro Chance
Education Center for Structural & Functional Materials Mechanical Engineering & CACS – Autonomous Vehicles
Competencies & Strengths Infrastructure and logistics Materials, Controls, CFD - Modeling, Design, Visualization, Safety,
Business Process Improved polymeric properties (patent) Magnetized, nanoparticles development (patents) Tracer Bullet technolgies (patent) Self-healing smart polymers
R&D Venues, Labs and Support Louisiana Accelerator Center; Microscopy Center CajunBot, LITE Oil Center Research Center
Existing Machine Shops Begnaud Manufacturing
ADVANCED MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING
INNOVATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DATA
FY 2008-09 FY 2009-10 FY 2010-11 FY 2011-12 FY 2012-13
# invention disclosures6 5 6 8 14
# U.S. patents filed 3 3 0 3 5 (+6)
# patents issued (US) 1 1 2 1 1
# licenses/options signed 2 2 2 0 16
# start-ups formed 1 1 1 0 3 (+8)
# industry agreements 33 33 34 40 59
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FUTURE OUTLOOK – VISION 2020
Goal: 100 Ph.D.s per year (from current 52 students)• Strategies:
• Strengthen investments into Ph.D. producers; • Promote undergraduate and graduate research
Goal: $100M per year R&D expenditures (from current $69M)• Strategies:
• Strengthen research programs in priority areas; • Support cluster hires; • Enhance faculty research participation (22% current rate); • New return of indirect policy; • Incentivize federal R&D expenditures; • Research Salary Incentive Program; • Enhance industry R&D funding
Goal: Stimulate and support 10 spin-offs and startup companies• Strategies:
• Enhance faculty and student entrepreneurship – new IP policy; • Establish the “Ragin Cajun Research Foundation”;• Enhance technology transfer, students internships and placement
100/100/10 PLAN